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of body violet-red, the upper reddish brown; on each scale above a deep 

 blue spot; a clear blue band backward and downward from the dark 

 preorbital spot; a second from corner of mouth ; a blue crescent on base 

 of pectoral which widens into a blue axillary spot; caudal greenish 

 with converging streaks of yellow, edged with violet. 



This species is, however, probably identical with our Bahia specimens, 

 aud so we adopt for them the name of Halichceres poeyi. 



51. HALICHCERES CAUDALIS. 



? Julis caudaUs Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 213, 1861 (Havana) ; Giiuther, iv, 191, 1862 



(copied). 

 Platyglossus caudaUs Giiuther, iv, 166, 1862 (copied) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., 286, 1882 (Pensacola) ; Jordan, 1. c, 1884, 37 (Pensacola) ; Jordan 



& Hughes, 1. c, 1886, 64 (Pensacola). 

 ? Julis pictus Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, -214, 1861 (Havana). 

 ? Platyglossus pictus Gunther, iv, 166, 1862 (Cuba). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna; north to the Snapper Banks, off Pen- 

 sacola. 



Etymology : CaudaUs, pertaining to the tail. 



This species is known to us from a number of specimens, all taken 

 from stomachs of groupers and snappers on the Snapper Banks, be- 

 tween Pensacola and Tampa. 



We identify our specimens with the caudaUs and pictus of Poey, 

 although while agreeing in the coloration of the head and in the form 

 of the tail with both, it differs in various details. 



In caudaUs, the depth is said to be 4 J in the length with caudal (3 J 

 without). Color, olive-green above, blue below, an olive spot on each 

 scale ; a yellow band on sides, by which the color of the back passes 

 to that of the belly ; color paler behind ; head with blue bands ; a green, 

 blue-edged spot behind eye ; two series of blue spots on posterior half 

 of body ; dorsal and anal rosy, with rows of blue spots. 



In pictus the body is more slender, the depth 5J in total length, the 

 eye two diameters from the corner of the mouth. Color, blue above ; in 

 front of middle of body the sides blood-red, darker on the head ; behind 

 the middle the body is olive-green ; blue bands on the head ; scales each 

 with a bluish crescent; caudal with three orange bands which converge 

 behind ; dorsal and anal orange, the latter with two blue lines. 



It is probable that Julis pictus is identical with our specimens, and 

 perhaps caudaUs is the female of the same, lacking the red shades on 

 anterior half of body. In any event, we retain for the present the name 

 of Halichceres caudaUs for our specimens from Pensacola, placing both 

 of Poey's species in the synonymy. 



Genus XVIII.— PSEUDOJULIS. 



Pseudojulis Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. Londou, 1861, 412 (girardi). 

 Oxyjulis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 330 (modes1us = calif ornicus). 



Type : Pseudojulis girardi Bleeker (East Indies). 

 Etymology : Veudrjs, false : Julis. 



